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All parameters that influence the slime mold‘s ability to sustain the plasmodial stage of growth (the needs) are pinpointed, controlled and adjusted between the natural habitat and the lab context in order to habituate the unicellular organism out of the petri-dish into a hybrid situation (the sculpture), inspired by the natural condition. | All parameters that influence the slime mold‘s ability to sustain the plasmodial stage of growth (the needs) are pinpointed, controlled and adjusted between the natural habitat and the lab context in order to habituate the unicellular organism out of the petri-dish into a hybrid situation (the sculpture), inspired by the natural condition. | ||
The main parameters discovered and reconfigured in individual design experiments are: | The main parameters discovered and reconfigured in individual design experiments are: | ||
(1) Moisture | (1) Moisture | ||
* Simulating rain stored in wood | * Simulating rain stored in wood | ||
* Carve moisture pods | * Carve moisture pods | ||
(2) ‘Food’source | (2) ‘Food’source | ||
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* Foreign matter | * Foreign matter | ||
* Bacterial transfer | * Bacterial transfer | ||
(3) Space | (3) Space | ||
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* On wax | * On wax | ||
* Open airflow | * Open airflow | ||
(4) temperature and light | (4) temperature and light | ||
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